This is a PLSS map of the Opalene Gulch quadrangle in Owyhee County, Idaho. It clearly represents the way land was originally divided by the government with the Public Land Survey System. It was being used in 1990 to adjudicate Idaho water rights by the Idaho Department of Water Resources. This map is a good illustration of the regular and irregular subdivision of sections to accommodate natural features like this river valley. Since the government claimed ownership of navigable water bodies they were forced to deviate from the norm which resulted in unequal land partitioning.Link to website source:
http://www.idwr.idaho.gov/gisdata/tech_note/adjudica.htm
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